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Glazier
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For the surname, see Glazier (surname).
A glazier at the job, 1946.
This Deutsche Bundespost postage stamp, issued in 1986, commemorates glaziers.
A glazier is a skilled tradesman responsible for slicing, installing, and removing glass (and materials used as substitutes for glass, such as some plastics).[1 - Glaziers may work with glass in a variety of materials and settings, such as windows, doors, shower doors, skylights, storefronts, display cases, mirrors, facades, interior wall space, ceilings, and tabletops.[1 - [2 -
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1 Responsibilities and tools
2 Education and training Glaziers Greenwich, SE10, Glazing http://glaziers-greenwich.co.uk - Click here!
3 Occupational hazards
4 In the United States
5 See also
6 Notes
7 External links
Duties and tools[edit -
A couple of glazier tools
The Occupational Perspective Handbook of the U.S. Section of Labor lists the next as typical duties for a glazier:
Follow specifications or blueprints
Remove any old or broken glass before setting up replacement glass
Cut glass to the specified size and shape
Make or install sashes or moldings for cup installation
Fasten cup into frames or sashes with clips, moldings, or other styles of fasteners
Add weather seal or putty around pane edges to seal important joints.[3 -
The Country wide Occupational Analysis recognized by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship separates the trade into 5 prevents of skills, each with a summary of skills, and a summary of tasks and subtasks a journeyman is likely to have the ability to accomplish:[4 -
Block A - Occupational Skills
1. Uses and maintains equipment and tools
2. Organizes work
3. Performs regular activities
Block B - Commercial Window and Door Systems
4. Fabricates commercial window and door systems
5. Installs commercial window and door systems
Block C - Residential Windows and Door Systems
6. Installs residential windows systems
7. Installs home door systems
Stop D - Specialty Cup and Products
8. Fabricates and installs niche glass and products
9. Installs cup systems on vehicles
Stop E - Servicing
10. Services commercial windowpane and door systems
11. Services residential home window and door systems
12. Services area of expertise cup and products.
Tools used by glaziers "include reducing boards, glass-cutting cutting blades, straightedges, glazing knives, saws, drills, grinders, putty, and glazing compounds."[1 -
Some glaziers work specifically with glass in motor vehicles; other use the safety glass used in aircraft specifically.[1 - [3 -
Education and training[edit -
Glaziers are typically educated at the senior high school diploma or equivalent level and learn the abilities of the trade via an apprenticeship program, which in the U.S. is four years typically.[3 -
In the U.S., apprenticeship programs can be found through the Country wide Cup Association as well as trade organizations and local contractors' associations. Construction-industry glaziers are users of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades frequently.[1 -
In Ontario, Canada, apprenticeships are offered at the provincial level and authorized through the Ontario College of Trades.[5 -
Other provinces manage their own apprenticeship programs.
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The Trade of Glazier is a designated Red Seal Trade in Canada.[6 -
Occupational hazards[edit -
Occupational hazards encountered by glaziers include the risks of being cut by glass or tools and falling from scaffolds or ladders.[1 - [3 - The usage of heavy equipment may also cause injury: the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reported in 1990 a journeyman glazier died within an industrial accident in Indiana after wanting to use a manlift to transport a thousand-pound case of cup that your manlift didn't have capacity to transport.[7 -
In the United States[edit -
According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, there are some 45,300 glaziers in the United States, with median pay of $38,410 per year in 2014.[3 - Two-thirds of Glaziers work in the foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors industry, with smaller quantities employed in building material and supplies coping, building finishing contracting, automotive repair and maintenance, and cup and cup product manufacturing.[2 - [3 -
Among the 50 states, only Connecticut and Florida require glaziers to hold a license.[3 -
See also[edit -
Architectural glass
Glazing in architecture
Insulated glazing
Stained glass
Glass manufacturing
Glassblowing